Re: [gentoo-user] x86_64 apache problem

[David Relson]

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 15:12:33 +0000
Mick wrote:

> On Saturday 01 December 2007, David Relson wrote:
> > "/etc/init.d/apache2 start" runs without any output
> >
> > "/etc/init.d/apache2 status" then reports:
> >
> >      * status:  stopped
> >
> >     Looking up localhost
> >     Making HTTP connection to localhost
> >     Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.
> >
> >     lynx: Can't access startfile http://localhost/server-status
> >
> > "/etc/init.d/apache2 configtest" seems happy:
> >
> >      * Checking Apache Configuration ...
> >        [ ok ]
> >
> > "/etc/init.d/apache2 graceful" also seems happy
> >
> >      * Gracefully restarting apache2 ...
> >        [ ok ]
> >
> > "/etc/init.d/apache2  modules" reports 49 modules plus "Syntax OK".
> >
> > Even with "start", "configtest", and "graceful" reporting no errors,
> > apache isn't running.
> >
> > What am I overlooking?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > David
> >
> > FWIW, my cpu is an AMD 64 X2 5000, kernel is 2.6.22-gentoo-r9 (SMP),
> > apache version is 2.2.6.>
>
> I get the same result like you.  This is because I do not have a file
> called server-status:
>
> # ls -la /var/www/localhost/
> total 6
> drwxr-xr-x 6 apache apache  144 Aug  9 07:46 .
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root   root    136 Aug 23 22:05 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache  144 Oct 13 15:26 cgi-bin
> drwxr-xr-x 3 apache apache  976 Aug  9 07:46 error
> drwxr-xr-x 3 apache apache 1432 Oct 14 11:26 htdocs
> drwxr-xr-x 3 apache apache 4600 Aug  9 07:46 icons
>
> However, launching links on the server and going to the LAN IP
> address of the server I get the apache index.html page.
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

Hi Mick,

That explains the "lynx can't access startfile ... server-status"
message.  Have you any idea why apache doesn't start?

David

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